One of my pet peeves are the drug commercials on TV that show happy, smiling people who seem totally oblivious to the Voice Of Doom in the background that’s listing all the dire side-effects of whatever they took to get them that happy. So…I got to thinking that nobody warned me before I started to [Continue reading]
I always tell people — find something to do that connects with your passion in life and you’ll be successful! And the rule has proved itself over and over again. My passion is books and reading. My talent, if it can labeled, is remembering what I’ve read and making connections. I connect readers with books. [Continue reading]
Time is something I never have enough of. Like most people, I work a full time job, have a family, and claim some semblance of a life . . . and then there’s that little thing I like to call a writing career . . . . I often feel like I’m meeting myself coming [Continue reading]
First I want to thank all the wonderful folks aFresh Fiction for inviting me here todayand I want to extend SUPER CONGRATS on your anniversary! I’m doubly pleased to be part of your celebration. My second romantic suspense from SourcebooksCasablanca, The Treasures of Venice has an ‘official’ release date of September 1st, but I’m excited [Continue reading]
In my upcoming Blaze, FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME, my heroine is attending a class reunion costume party. The rule? To wear a costume that represents her career–without being obvious (ie: no police uniform for a cop). Zoe had a cute costume in mind. One that would show her sense of humor and prove that [Continue reading]
This time of year, my thoughts turn to love. Why? Because just this time of year, 14 years ago, I met Jonathan. I had been invited to share a house with a group of friends in Nantucket. I was six months (or more?) out of a dead-end relationship (another story) and said–no thanks. And then [Continue reading]
Back to school. Don’t the very words evoke an emotion?For me, the phrase summons crisp, new beginnings. This year, the feeling of anticipation is even more special. My September release, IN THE MASTER’S BED, is a medieval “back to school” story. She’s disguised as a man in a place where women are forbidden. Now, she’s [Continue reading]
This week I’m listening to The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews, and while listening one term really struck me. The term was empty literary calories. It was used in reference to tabloids such as The National Enquirer. but I got to wondering if some people might not use it when thinking about romance or [Continue reading]
I picked up two sets of books last weekend at ArmadilloCon, both fantasies, one set by Scott Lynch about otherworldly thieves and Patrice Sarath‘s set in an alternate world of New York about an alternate world coexisting with ours. both have two books in their series and I bought all four books. I even surprise [Continue reading]
I’m often asked how I would cast the movie version of SKYKEEPERS, which is the third book in a sexy series about a group of magic-wielding warriors, called Nightkeepers, who must fight the demon creatures of the underworld to prevent the annihilation of mankind on the December 21, 2012 doomsday hinted at by the ancient [Continue reading]
